THE THEFT OF SHEEP.
. CASE MET BY A FINE. ~' [bt TELEGRAPH.— ASSOCIATION.] DUNEDIN. Fridsy. At the Supreme Court yesterday, Adam Murdoch McDonald,; manager of Ormaglade Station, near Roxburgh, was charged with the theft of 30 sheep from neighbouring sheepowners. The evidence '• went to ' show- that' the earmarks on sheep straying on Ormaglade Station had been tampered with. The jury found a verdict of guilty, with a very strong recommendation to mercy, on, account of tlwlax manner in which ear-marking of sheep in the district generally had been carried out in the past, also on account of the non-observ-ance of regulations required by law as to notifying neighbouring sheepowners of musterings, and on account of the ace and character of accused. ,Mr. Justice Sim said, in view of the 2 8l . Mces ™/ the jury'a recommen da ion, he would be justified in imposing A iiKTI Penalty V Accu ß e<F was fined £125, which was sufficient to cover the expenses of the prosecution.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17471, 15 May 1920, Page 6
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